Newspaper headlines: New Madeleine clues and Ivanka in Berlin

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Scotland Yard’s update on the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal almost 10 years ago is the main story for a number of papers. The Daily Mail says police are still chasing a “critical” lead in the case as the “final throw of the dice to end a decade of heartbreak” for Madeleine’s family.

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The Daily Express says the “vital new clues” could finally solve the mystery of the disappearance. It says Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley held out hopes that Madeleine, who was three when she went missing on 3 May 2007, is still alive.

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The Daily Mirror’s front page carries a photograph of Madeleine taken shortly before she disappeared from a resort in the Algarve. “We have a major line of inquiry ..it could provide an answer,” is the way its headline sums up the police announcement.

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The Times is among several front pages to carry a photo of Ivanka Trump after the US president’s daughter attended the G20 women’s summit in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Its lead focuses on figures showing government borrowing has dropped to its lowest level since the eve of the 2008 financial crisis.

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The Daily Telegraph reports the UK will have to continue paying into the EU budget after Brexit to secure a “transition” trade deal with Brussels that gives it access to the single market for two years. It says Britain’s departure will leave an £8bn-a-year black hole in EU finances.

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The Guardian says the government’s funding of its free schools programme for England has been denounced as “incoherent and too often poor value for money” by a cross-party group of MPs. The committee says ministers have been spending “over the odds” on unsuitable sites.

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The Financial Times focuses on a move by French billionaire Bernard Arnault to combine the Christian Dior fashion brand with his LVMH luxury goods empire.

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The i reports a survey suggesting a majority of the public wants the prime minister to change her mind and go head to head with her rivals in live TV debates during the election campaign. But there was an almost even split among Tory voters – with 44% in favour and 40% against.

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Metro reports on US research which has seen premature lambs kept alive for weeks in an artificial womb. The paper says the plastic “grow bags” could one day be used to save the lives of thousands of premature babies.

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The Daily Star leads on the shooting of a 19-year-old man in Liverpool. It notes the attack took place just 10 minutes after a TV drama about the killing of schoolboy Rhys Jones in a shooting in the city in 2007 had aired.

Scotland Yard’s revelation that they are following a significant line of inquiry in their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann makes the lead for the Daily Mail, Daily Express and Daily Mirror.

‘Awkward foray’

The Times, Guardian and Daily Telegraph all feature Ivanka Trump on their front pages after the US president’s daughter appeared at an international women’s conference in Berlin, alongside the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde.

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Describing her as the “First Daughter”, they note the groans from some in the audience when she called her father a “tremendous champion of supporting families”.

Hummus crisis

According to the Times, weddings have become so lavish and elaborate that one of the country’s leading observers of the middle classes has issued a plea for restraint.

Country Life magazine says there’s been “the nuptial equivalent of an arms race” that has led to brides having three changes of outfit in one day and weddings captured for posterity not by the traditional photographer but a video camera attached to a drone overhead.